Five years ago this month, a press conference paved the way for the Android revolution

The way was paved for the subsequent Android revolution on October 6th, 2009. On that date, slightly more than five years ago, Eric Schmidt and Lowell McAdams met with the press. At the time, both men were the CEO of their respective firms, Google and Verizon Wireless. In those days, Verizon was not considered a likely Android vendor because of the way the carrier had locked down all of its handsets.



During the press conference, it was announced that Verizon would sell two Android powered models for 2009, to be offered by two unnamed manufacturers. Verizon said that it would continue rolling ...



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